HC Deb 05 March 1976 vol 906 c791W
Mr. Kilroy-Silk

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department on how many occasions have Home Office answers to parliamentary Questions been corrected by subsequent answers in the last year.

Dr. Summerskill

Three.

Mr. Kilroy-Silk

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make it his practice in answering parliamentary Questions to supply any information which is relevant to the Question even in cases where it is impossible to provide a precise answer.

Mr. Roy Jenkins

My practice is, as far as possible, to answer Questions directly; and to explain where information is not available.

Mr. Kilroy-Silk

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many Questions to his Department in the last year have not been answered because of disproportionate cost.

Dr. Summerskill

Fifty-six, out of a total of 2,486.

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